Shamima Muslim, the Deputy Government Spokesperson, has warned drug smugglers that President John Mahama has zero tolerance for illicit drug trade in Ghana.
According to Shamima Muslim, Ghana’s ports are closely monitored by security agencies, adding that the government will not allow greedy criminals to erase the positive gains Ghana has made.
Shamima Muslim further highlighted that drug smuggling networks that went underground after 2024 and are seeking to revive their illegal activities should be prepared to face the security agencies.
She further called for the prosecution of any politicians who are found to be involved, which she says will serve as a warning to others who may want to engage in similar illegal activities.
In a series of Facebook posts on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, Shamima Muslim stated, “If some politicians are complicit, may they be exposed and prosecuted as we have seen in the past to serve as a continuous warning”.
“All internal collaborators at our various ports should know that they are being watched closely. Government will not allow greedy criminals to erase the positive gains we are making,” she added.
In another post, she stated, “President Mahama’s position remains Zero Tolerance for the illicit drug trade here in Ghana- same brief the security agencies are working with. We must all remain vigilant”.
Meanwhile, Kofi Tonto, a National Communications Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has criticised President John Dramani Mahama over Ghana’s involvement in an international cocaine scandal, arguing that the President should have dismissed his advisors.
His comments follow attempts by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to blame the previous NPP administration, with the government communicators arguing that the removal of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) from port inspections in 2018 created a security gap at the country’s ports.
However, Kofi Tonto said the issue goes beyond the alleged policy weakness, arguing that officials responsible for overseeing the system should have identified the problem and brought it to the President’s attention.
Kofi Tonto maintained that President Mahama should have taken immediate action against the officials advising him, particularly because the alleged policy gap had reportedly remained in place for two years without being addressed.
According to Kofi Tonto, the failure of the President’s advisors to alert him to the situation raises questions about their effectiveness and accountability.
Speaking on TV3 New Day, Kofi Tonto stated, “In fact, if I were the president, I would have fired all the people who advised me that day. I would have fired them immediately,” he said.
“They are telling me that they knew there was a bad policy and they supervised over that bad policy until the country faced embarrassment, global embarrassment, before telling me, the president, that there is a lacuna or a lapse at the port,” he said.
Kofi Tonto further compared the situation to supervisors allowing goods to be stolen from a company while keeping the owner unaware of the problem, using the example to explain why he believes the delay in addressing the alleged lapse is serious.
“If you close this loophole, you’ll stop losing that $10 million. How would you feel?” he asked.
He described the situation as a major failure on the part of officials who were expected to understand and monitor the system.
“They did absolutely nothing about it until we faced a global embarrassment,” Kof Tonto added.
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